Archived Media Releases: 10 March 2006

Joint project between N3ET and NNOs

The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) and Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) as secretariat and chair of the National Nursing Organisations (NNO) are pleased to announce a collaborative partnership between the National Nursing and Nursing Education Taskforce (N3ET) and the National Nursing Organisations to develop a governance framework for specialist nursing and midwifery organisations. Funded by N3ET, the project will develop a set of sound governance standards to guide the practice of organisations representing the interests of nursing and midwifery. An assessment of current compliance with the standards will form part of the project.

The project partners all welcome the opportunity to provide a governance framework based on principles of transparency and accountability, procedural fairness and stakeholder participation, which will assist nursing and midwifery organisations in delivering professional accountability.

The project will be seeking input from members of the National Nursing Organisations and other interested specialist nursing and midwifery organisations across A ustralia that are engaged in the development of standards, competencies and/or guidelines for specialty practice, including all the domains of nursing and midwifery practice, and not restricted to clinical specialties.

The ANF, representing 145,000 members, is the professional and industrial voice for nurses in Australia. For more information about the Governance Standards project, please contact Fiona Armstrong, ANF Federal Professional Officer, on 03 9639 5211 or 0438 900 005 or email fiona@anf.org.au.

For information about N3ET work on Specialisation, please visit the website http://www.nnnet.gov.au/work/recsp.htm

For information about Royal College of Nursing, Australia, visit the website www.rcna.org.au or contact RCNA Executive Director Rosemary Bryant, on 02 6283 3400 or 0414 675 405.

Media Contacts
Jill Iliffe, Federal Secretary 0419 576 590
Ged Kearney, Assistant Federal Secretary 0417 053 322
Lani Stanistreet, Manager Communication & Journals 0414 471 339

The ANF, representing 145,000 members, is the professional and industrial voice for nurses in Australia.